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( 1 ) OJ NO L 94 , 28 . 4 . 1970 , P . 1 .

( 2 ) OJ NO L 189 , 27 . 7 . 1979 , P . 1 .

( 3 ) OJ NO L 39 , 17 . 2 . 1971 , P . 3 .

( 4 ) OJ NO L 269 , 8 . 12 . 1971 , P . 11 .

( 5 ) OJ NO L 228 , 8 . 9 . 1979 , P . 23 .

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 431/80

OF 22 FEBRUARY 1980

AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2603/71 ON DETAILED RULES FOR THE CONCLUSION OF CONTRACTS FOR FIRST PROCESSING AND MARKET PREPARATION OF TOBACCO HELD BY INTERVENTION AGENCIES

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 727/70 OF 21 APRIL 1970 ON THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN RAW TOBACCO ( 1 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1579/79 ( 2 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 7 ( 4 ) THEREOF ,

WHEREAS ARTICLE 1 OF COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 327/71 ( 3 ) PROVIDES FOR CONTRACTS FOR FIRST PROCESSING AND MARKET PREPARATION TO BE CONCLUDED BY MEANS OF AN INVITATION TO TENDER ; WHEREAS CONTRACTS MAY BE AWARDED ONLY TO THE MOST ADVANTAGEOUS TENDER AND PROVIDED IT DOES NOT EXCEED AN AMOUNT TO BE DETERMINED FOR EACH VARIETY ;

WHEREAS THESE AMOUNTS WERE FIXED BY COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2603/71 ( 4 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1979/79 ( 5 ); WHEREAS , SINCE THESE AMOUNTS WERE LAST BROUGHT UP TO DATE , THE BASIS FOR THEIR CALCULATION HAS CHANGED SUBSTANTIALLY FOR CERTAIN VARIETIES ; WHEREAS THESE AMOUNTS SHOULD THEREFORE AGAIN BE BROUGHT UP TO DATE ;

WHEREAS THE MEASURES PROVIDED FOR IN THIS REGULATION ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OPINION OF THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE FOR TOBACCO ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

THE ANNEX TO REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2603/71 IS REPLACED BY THE ANNEX TO THIS REGULATION .

ARTICLE 2

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON THE THIRD DAY FOLLOWING ITS PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES .

THIS REGULATION SHALL BE BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 22 FEBRUARY 1980 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

FINN GUNDELACH

VICE-PRESIDENT

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ANNEX

AMOUNT REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1 ( 6 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 327/71

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SERIAL NO // VARIETY // AMOUNT IN ECU/KG OF LEAF TOBACCO //

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1 // ( A ) BADISCHER GEUDERTHEIMER //

// ( B ) FORCHHEIMER HAVANNA II C // 0.684 //

2 // BADISCHER BURLEY E // 0.682 //

3 // VIRGIN D // 0.641 //

4 // ( A ) PARAGUAY AND HYBRIDS THEREOF //

// ( B ) DRAGON VERT AND HYBRIDS THEREOF //

// PHILIPPIN //

// PETIT GRAMMONT ( FLOBECQ ) // 0.510 //

// SEMOIS //

// APPELTERRE //

5 // NIJKERK // 0.410 //

6 // ( A ) MISIONERO AND HYBRIDS THEREOF //

// ( B ) RIO GRANDE AND HYBRIDS THEREOF // 0.511 //

7 // BRIGHT // 0.692 //

8 // BURLEY I // 0.644 //

9 // MARYLAND // 0.644 //

10 // ( A ) KENTUCKY AND HYBRIDS THEREOF //

// ( B ) MORO DI CORI // 0.627 //

// ( C ) SALENTO //

11 // ( A ) NOSTRANO DEL BRENTA //

// ( B ) RESISTENTE 142 // 0.638 //

// ( C ) GOJANO //

12 // ( A ) BENEVENTANO //

// ( B ) BRASILE SELVAGGIO AND SIMILAR VARIETIES // 0.474 //

13 // XANTI-YAKA // 1.088 //

14 // PERUSTITZA // 0.741 //

15 // ERZEGOVINA AND SIMILAR VARIETIES // 0.677 //

16 // ( A ) ROUND TIP //

// ( B ) SCAFATI // 5.500 //

// ( C ) SUMATRA I //